In ‘I Capture the Castle’ (which you know I love) there is a writer who isn’t writing. His daughter locks him in a ruined tower with a bedstead and a typewriter and tells him to JUST WRITE. She says something like ‘write anything! If you can’t think of anything write “the cat sat on the mat”. You just have to start.’ (Apologies to the spirit of Dodie Smith for my no doubt terrible paraphrasing). Though I can’t actually lock you in a tower, I am going to heavily suggest that you write with me tomorrow, even if you just write ‘the cat sat on the mat’, like in ‘I Capture the Castle’ (which, spoiler alert, ends up being much more meaningful than his daughter realised).
In ‘I Capture the Castle’ (which you know I love) there is a writer who isn’t writing. His daughter locks him in a ruined tower with a bedstead and a typewriter and tells him to JUST WRITE. She says something like ‘write anything! If you can’t think of anything write “the cat sat on the mat”. You just have to start.’ (Apologies to the spirit of Dodie Smith for my no doubt terrible paraphrasing). Though I can’t actually lock you in a tower, I am going to heavily suggest that you write with me tomorrow, even if you just write ‘the cat sat on the mat’, like in ‘I Capture the Castle’ (which, spoiler alert, ends up being much more meaningful than his daughter realised).
I would love to write with you tomorrow, but my work schedule changed and I have to work tomorrow morning.
I’m telling myself to just write every single day and then nothing happens. Maybe locking me in a tower could be the right solution? 😄
That’s a shame about tomorrow. Next week, then. As for locking you in a tower, I’ll just point out here that an attic room IS a bit like a tower...